Sydnie Neff was dead set on becoming a surgeon, and attended the Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School to get closer to that goal.

She ended up enjoying the health assistant program at the school so much she resolved to become an R.N.

On Thursday evening, she was at the school to talk to prospective students about the program for the vo-tech school's annual open house and program showcase night.

“It's a lot of fun, you get great perspective,” said Neff, a senior at the school. “And it helps you get ahead of schooling because you can earn some college credits here.”

The school showcased all of its 15 programs of study at the open house, where administrators, program leads and current students talked about the offerings at the school, and were able to answer questions from curious attendees.

Read more in Friday's Butler Eagle.